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Soldier cemetery of WW I

Forgotten by everyone, most of the people in Lier don't know there's a soldier cemetery in their town.

Address :
Mechelsesteenweg
(on the ring of Lier, take the road to Mechelen, after 150 m on your left)

Oldest Cemetery of Lier

Ideal for a walk, the oldest cemetery of Lier.
Beautiful graves and statues (even in Carrara marble).

In the near future they're gonna it a cemetery-park, with benches.

Address :
Mechelsesteenweg
(at the crossing of the ring and the road to Mechelen, drive towards the centre; on your right after 200 m)

Fortress of Lier

Builded in 1877 as a defence for Antwerp. Trapezium shaped with a ditch around it.

It isn't opened for tourists, because of the danger of the shafts and the pits.

What you can do, is take a walk around the ditch.

Address :
Fortweg
(on the ring of Lier, take the road to Aarschot, after 100m turn left, after 50 m turn right, drive till the end)